FFF141 - TULIP 'QUEENSLAND'

Tulipa ‘Queensland’ has delicately fringed petals in a striking pinkish-white colour. They are double-flowering and look stunning as a cut flower, which is long-lasting in a vase and evokes a Spring-time atmosphere.

'Queensland' tulips grow well in pots or window-boxes. Make sure you use fresh potting compost and put a layer of gravel or hydro granules in the bottom. Place the bulbs in a hole that is 3 times as deep as the height of the bulbs. A 5 cm bulb should therefore be planted in a 15 cm hole. Planting distance between 'Queensland' tulips is about 6 cm. To protect the bulbs grown in a pot against frost, place the pot in a frost-free area or cover it with bubble wrap. Water during dry periods.

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FFF141

1.	JAPONICA	12.	Anneli	23.	Ileana	34.	maryaustria
2.	FRAGRANT STOCKS	13.	Jesh StG	24.	Jutta K. Deutschland	35.	bettyl - New Zealand
3.	BLOTCHY CAMELLIA	14.	Litte white cottage in the woods	25.	Tina	36.	Sara Chapman #3
4.	IRISES	15.	Sara Chapman, Seattle USA	26.	Reach Beyond Limits	37.	Elaine @ Commotion
5.	girl friday	16.	Sara Chapman #2	27.	WoollyMuses	38.	Vilt og vakkert
6.	Gunilla	17.	Fuchsia	28.	Eva	39.	Trini Garden
7.	petal.pics	18.	BirgittaB	29.	Ela	40.	Fotography by Felicia
8.	Ulla Laiho	19.	Simone, Germany	30.	The Queens of the night	41.	Aletta - Nowathome
9.	Lavender	20.	Kebo, Italy	31.	Frauke * Germany
10.	Ranu	21.	Maboe	32.	Dawn
11.	Tom The Backroads Traveller	22.	rheingruen	33.	The Rosegarden in Malevik

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FFF140 - FUMITORY

Fumaria officinalis (common fumitory or earth smoke) is the most common species of the genus Fumaria in Western and Central Europe. It is a herbaceous annual plant, which grows weakly erect and scrambling, with stalks about 10 to 50 cm long. Its pink 7 to 9 mm flowers appear from April to October in the northern hemisphere. They are two lipped and spurred, with sepals running a quarter the length of the petals. The fruit is an achene. It contains alkaloids, potassium salts, and tannins. It is also a major source of fumaric acid.

The "smoky" or "fumy" origin of its name comes from the translucent color of its flowers, giving them the appearance of smoke or of hanging in smoke, and the slightly gray-blue haze color of its foliage, also resembling smoke coming from the ground, especially after morning dew.

The plant was already called fūmus terrae (smoke of the earth) in the early 13th century, and two thousand years ago, Dioscorides wrote in De Materia Medica (Περὶ ὕλης ἰατρικῆς) and Pliny the Elder in Naturalis Historia that rubbing the eyes with the sap or latex of the plant causes tears, like acrid smoke (fūmus) does to the eyes. Its Greek name is kapnos (καπνός, for smoke) and the name fumewort now applies mostly to the genus Corydalis, especially the similar looking Corydalis solida (formerly Fumaria bulbosa), which was thought to belong to the same genus as fumitory.

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FFF 140

1.	Florist Shop	10.	Gunilla	19.	Sara Chapman #2	28.	rheingruen
2.	Friars Cowl	11.	Andrew	20.	Debbie at Travel with Intent	29.	Pam - Crepe Myrtles
3.	Blue Iris	12.	Ulla Laiho	21.	Reach Beyond Limits	30.	Nasturtium Field in San Francisco
4.	White Winter Rose	13.	NatureFootstep Photo	22.	WoollyMuses	31.	The Rosegarden in Malevik
5.	Ranu	14.	Lantana	23.	Moni	32.	Aletta - Nowathome
6.	Mascha	15.	Shiju Sugunan	24.	girl friday	33.	Dazzling Whimsy
7.	Tom The Backroads Traveller	16.	Heidrun	25.	Savings in Flower Garden	34.	Agni, Greece
8.	Jesh stG	17.	Simone, Germany	26.	Mary, MI	35.	Summer Sizzler - 7. Hibiscus
9.	Synnöve	18.	Sara Chapman, Seattle USA	27.	Dawn

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FFF139 - CANDYTUFT

Iberis sempervirens (evergreen candytuft, perennial candytuft) is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae, native to southern Europe. It is a spreading subshrub growing to 30 cm high by 40 cm broad. As an ornamental plant it is a spring-blooming favourite, often seen cascading over rocks and walls, or used as groundcover. The glossy, evergreen foliage forms a billowing mound, with many fragrant, pure white flowers for several weeks during spring and early summer.

When grown in a garden it may require light pruning right after blooming, but otherwise plants can be left alone in fall and early spring. It is drought-tolerant once established. It prefers a well-drained site, so heavy clay soils that stay wet in winter should be avoided. It is not easily divided. Iberis is so named because many members of the genus come from the Iberian Peninsula. Sempervirens means "always green", referring to the evergreen foliage. This plant and the cultivar 'Snowflake' have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

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FFF139

1.	White Box & Lorikeets	11.	Ulla Laiho	21.	rheingruen	31.	The Rosegarden in Malevik
2.	Golden Wattle	12.	Ela	22.	Sara Chapman, Seattle USA	32.	From the garden into a tea can :)
3.	Rosemary in Flower	13.	Maboe	23.	Sara Chapman #2	33.	Mary, MI
4.	Pink Daisies	14.	Ileana	24.	Kebo, Italy	34.	Clipping Flowers
5.	Gunilla	15.	romantischeslandleben	25.	WoollyMuses	35.	Eva
6.	Tom The Backroads Traveller	16.	Gladiolus	26.	Christines Welt	36.	Anneli
7.	Aletta - Nowathome	17.	ann nz	27.	Heidrun	37.	A Student Gardener
8.	Mascha	18.	Ranu	28.	Frauke * Germany	38.	Pam - Crepe Myrtles
9.	Synnöve - Clematis	19.	Simfonia florilor	29.	Jutta K. Deutschland
10.	girl friday	20.	Simone, Germany	30.	Dawn

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FFF138 - BLUE PEA

Clitoria ternatea, common names including butterfly-pea, blue-pea, and cordofan-pea, is a plant species belonging to the Fabaceae family. The flowers of this vine have the shape of human female genitals, hence the Latin name of the genus Clitoria, from "clitoris".

This plant is native to tropical equatorial Asia, but has been introduced to Africa, Australia and America. It is a perennial herbaceous plant, with elliptic, obtuse leaves. It grows as a vine or creeper, doing well in moist, neutral soil. The most striking feature about this plant are its vivid deep blue flowers; solitary, with light yellow markings. They are about 4 cm long by 3 cm wide. There are some varieties that yield white flowers.

The fruits are 5 – 7 cm long, flat pods with 6 to 10 seeds in each pod. They are edible when tender. It is grown as an ornamental plant and as a revegetation species (e.g., in coal mines in Australia), requiring little care when cultivated. As a legume, its roots form a symbiotic association with soil bacteria known as rhizobia, which transform atmospheric nitrogen gas into a plant usable form, therefore, this plant is also used to improve soil quality through the decomposition of nitrogen-rich tissue.

In animal tests the methanolic extract of Clitoria ternatea roots demonstrated nootropic, anxiolytic, antidepressant, anticonvulsant and antistress activity. The active constituents include tannins, resins, starch, taraxerol and taraxerone. Other compounds form the pant have shown promise as antibiotics and anti-cancer agents.

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FFF138

1.	Laurustinus bush	12.	Ulla Laiho	23.	Eva	34.	Sara Chapman #4
2.	Ageratum	13.	Carole M/Australia	24.	Moni	35.	Sara Chapman #5
3.	Geraniums	14.	Maboe	25.	maryaustria	36.	ann nz
4.	Synnöve	15.	Geraniums	26.	Kate	37.	Anneli
5.	Reach Beyond Limits	16.	Simone, Germany	27.	New Plants	38.	ann nz 2
6.	Striped Rose	17.	rheingruen	28.	Jesh StG	39.	girl friday
7.	Aletta - Nowathome	18.	Frauke * Germany	29.	Dawn	40.	Scene by Minerva
8.	Tom The Backroads Traveller	19.	Kebo, Italy	30.	The Rosegarden in Malevik	41.	beagleAnnie
9.	Simfonia florilor	20.	Heidrun	31.	Sara Chapman in Seattle USA	42.	Pam - Daylilies
10.	Ela	21.	Debbie at Travel with Intent	32.	Sara Chapman #2	43.	Summer Sizzler - 6. Zinnia
11.	Ileana, Romania	22.	WoollyMuses	33.	Sara Chapman #3

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FFF137 - ST JOHN'S WORT

Hypericum perforatum, also known as St John's wort, is a flowering plant species of the genus Hypericum and a medicinal herb that is sold over-the-counter as a treatment for depression. Other names for it include Tipton's weed, rosin rose, goatweed, chase-devil, or Klamath weed.

With qualifiers, St John's wort is used to refer to any species of the genus Hypericum. Therefore, H. perforatum is sometimes called common St John's wort or perforate St John's wort to differentiate it. Hypericum is classified in the family Hypericaceae, having previously been classified as Guttiferae or Clusiaceae. Approximately 370 species of the genus Hypericum exist worldwide with a native geographical distribution including temperate and subtropical regions of Europe, Turkey, Ukraine, Russia, Middle East, India, and China.

St John's wort is a perennial plant with extensive, creeping rhizomes. Its stems are erect, branched in the upper section, and can grow to 1 m high. It has opposing, stalkless, narrow, oblong leaves that are 12 mm long or slightly larger. The leaves are yellow-green in colour, with transparent dots throughout the tissue and occasionally with a few black dots on the lower surface. Leaves exhibit obvious translucent dots when held up to the light, giving them a ‘perforated’ appearance, hence the plant's Latin name.

Its flowers measure up to 2.5 cm across, have five petals, and are coloured bright yellow with conspicuous black dots. The flowers appear in broad cymes at the ends of the upper branches, between late spring and early to mid summer. The sepals are pointed, with glandular dots in the tissue. There are many stamens, which are united at the base into three bundles. The pollen grains are ellipsoidal. When flower buds (not the flowers themselves) or seed pods are crushed, a reddish/purple liquid is produced.

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FFF137

1.	DAISY TREE	13.	orchid(Japan)	25.	rheingruen	37.	bettyl - New Zealand
2.	BLUE LOTUS	14.	Gunilla	26.	Vilt og vakkert	38.	Sara Chapman in Seattle USA
3.	CATTLEYA ORCHID	15.	Tom The Backroads Traveller	27.	Jim, Sydney, Australia	39.	Sara Chapman #2
4.	FORGETMENOT	16.	Valerie, Australia	28.	Eva	40.	Sara Chapman #3
5.	Andrea, Hoyas	17.	rosemary nardone	29.	Pam - Daylilies	41.	Mermaid House
6.	Reach Beyond Limits	18.	Heidrun	30.	Matkatar	42.	Rajesh
7.	NatureFootstep Photo	19.	Ranu Chakraborty	31.	blue hydrangea	43.	Fotography by Felicia
8.	Aletta - Nowathome	20.	Simone, Germany	32.	Dawn	44.	ann nz
9.	BirgittaB	21.	Ulla Laiho	33.	Scene by Minerva	45.	ann nz 2
10.	Mascha: Heuchera	22.	Tina	34.	Hyde Daily Photo	46.	Zauberpalme
11.	Anneli	23.	Kebo, Italy	35.	maryaustria
12.	Ileana, Romania	24.	Synnöve	36.	The Rosegarden in Malevik

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